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EI)C ljatl)am flerorb. KATES Of AD VERTISIN C dl)c tljatljam Ucrorb. II. A- IiOMK)', KH1TOU AND PUOPKIKTOU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, tnc Mpmro, ne liiHrrlii'ii- l.00 IV) 2..'f UlIC SqlllllO. IVVO IUHlTlllltlS )n Hqimrr. one im mt ! hie copy, our vc.ir One copy, six months . ( ne ropy, three months 8. 00 AD For larger ftdvertiHciiiriits liberal con tracts will lie made. VOL. VI. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 29, 1884. NO. 38. Summer DrtJS. In miinnior, w1hmi the il.it h xvrii lung, Wo wnlkrij loi tlu-i' in lliu woinl; )ur Iif.n1 wim lig'it, uni slip it .is nil on;;. Swivt flsiltt I ilia's writ' in mir blned. Ill miiihiht. wIh ii the tliy. wcie lung. Wi sti'mnt li-nni morn till etoning cmni'; V I' gMflll'l'lll ll.lllolst Illlil it OX e lis ITi it ; Vt tvnlknl 'mill 'i'l' ' "' I "'in.! (,- siit upon i!u wllint l, iv ii ; Ami iilwuvH w t-li'il ..iir life the sunn'. Ill summer Xllli'll ill' .litis tine loll;:. Wr 1 IM l I 111- ln.ll-ll.M . ITII-M.I ll I'llK'K Ami -till Iht voice iV'wi'J forth in sonj:, I i I'Ni tin reiul -nine tfrnoel'nl lunik. In miiiiiim i . when tlir .kit, wire Inn;;. Ami then s:it hi'iii :iili (In- lice.'., Willi sln-knis los i-iiiii in tin' iiiniiii; Ami in tlm t-i.nli.Jit nnil tlir hri'ivn i' Irn-li-ii, nr.iny n I'l.rp'iins .luni', While links wi'if i-i 1 1 i 1 1 4 ni-l till; e;is. Wi 1'ivnl, mutter tto loietv it ll'it, I'm-luvin;; -i imiii'.I li',,. I ii..iiinr' lin n, Wu Imin l ii Ii"mm ii in i-teiy -pot; fvitv iiii.tI', tun. in nil ; I inrn. Ami ili'ciiini il 1 1 ii'xl in -i.im mnl i;r.it. In siiiiinii'i-. t In n ll-o il its tui' long. Aliitii' I tt:inl. i, i.oi-e nlniii'. I si r In i nut : li n III it "M -on.; I'ikN-i- i!- li. ;jnit v. in. I i-I.Iiihii, III summer, win n ihr ,. I'M- loll ;. Alone, I wu mil i in tin- .,. .1, It'll uiu' I'n'r -pi-ii !i".r- niv - :;li-: Ami In ( I -i i' v.l:"l mi.t p.iii.1. Tui' lii.m-t iliili:'lit i i lii'i i-M'-. 'licit i li.irini i mi' under culler kit's. 'n Miniini'f, li"ii tin I Imp her in tte Inn-I My linn I i lili-, my Tor lo i tiring- li " k til In stiininiT. when 1 n- l:ts,i I'M . i. . i--.' Ii.i.i lriv- u .' lull-. Hull"; ...I :;..., . I.i.;; TRE TRINCESS DROGUCA. "No, Hi l l rrt, I -;m't tlo it. Yon will h.ii' to i;t't out nl' tlit- ililli' iill y liy youittcir, It in (H'-li'S-t my fining to your latlitT imy innri'; lie Haiti tin- hist tlini" lie woulil iimrr njr;itn rrtjiilo himself by I'.iyin.u; your ilfhts. His . .. 1 1 1 I .'. ..n 1 a i a n II' Ilium la iiiiiui: uj' in'ttui. it, .inn t u n n H WilHU I 1 Know no iiiii tun K"i mo i ii i m pi'. Am for inc. you know I liavo not." "ThiMi w li:it mi earth am I to do?" initi!reJ Iho Hun. llorln'rt l'uniliiiin. "Tltf .N'ws will ili no mom for inr. I'm 'IumKi',' an 1 that's thi truth. Tln-y siiv thiTc's ii hatoni't worUinji d'wn ;it th" iloi'ks, icliil of thrro shilling n day when Iw ran R.'t it. I suppose 1 shall roine to that !" Lady fhotwynd looked at hor favor jto son and smiled a little.' H win u funny pieiuro that of this .'rami rreature, resplendi lit willi the heiintits of nature appropi iato to a "masher,'' and adorned by clothes perfectly btiili. working at any -thins but the obtaining as lunch aniuseini'iit as p sible imt of life. 'I'll Mitile was but (ran-dent on I.ndy I'hetw Mid's hamls-mie fare; it died away soon, and she fell into pro found Ihnujjht. Presently she said very f?r;iv,''.v' "'bere is yoitr Aunt Miiraret." "What of In rV" impured the Hon- ..... ..i , ... ...... .. ....... mi; l.oots, ii mi ii in- ti.ti, . .. ii. is attcntivcly.possibly wondering whether the hundred well-out pairs that stood in his dressing room would be of nny use to wear out when he was a dock laborer, or whether it might become necessary to have a sale of his personal belongings. "Well- know she is in Knglaiid. She wrote and told mo so, in fad. And it has occurred to me, once or twice, to wonder whom she will leave i all her money to." "Has she no one y" impure I the Hon. Herbert quickly. "No one at a'l, I believe; absolutely no one. She was an only child, and with no near relatives, when she mar ried vuur uncle Oeorgo. That is how she cuu.o to lie sole heiress to such nn j , r;lil ut te eJi;H f t,e wa walk. enormous fortune." , 1(,kili, at tlie passers-bv. She soon "Made nut of sausages, wasn't it y" j ,.,..,, aH .,, interested in Herbert "Oh, no; nothing worse than pickles Us he was in her. She slowly walked and jam. I'd havo forgiven her the towards the pier and went on to it. source of her money, for. her father : The, Hon. Horhcri follow e l her, passed lieing dead when she married, it might . and repassed her. all have been forgotten, but I found it i At the end of the pier there wore diUlcult to forgive her for being her-1 9,e sheltered, secluded seats. The self." ) hidy walked on to these slowly- -for no "What's the matter with lierV" om. culd walk fait in siirh boots as asked the lion. Herbert. ! hers -chose one with much dcliber;i- 'Well" said Lady Chetwynd, hesi- ti,mi Slt down and straightway tatinga little, "she's -vulgar and - ; dropped her parasol. Of course Her rather flighty. She never seemed to i.rt w.w at hand to pick it up. Then nie good enough fort ieorge." he sat down by her and for half an 'Why did he marry her, then'?" h nir they looked at the Hue sou and "Oh, lis for that," answered Lady i, 0ked. she amused him verv much. fhetwynd, her color rising slightly, -1 believe he married her for her money I can imagine no other reason." "Ahl" said her son; "then she's beeu ' married twice for the same- reason, 1 suppose?" "Yes," observed Lady fhetwynd, "that second marriage inude me niort! angry with her than ever. Xow, her j second husband is dead, I really wish she would call herself Mrs. Kolleston again, instead of going about as the Princess Droguca." "Xever mind," said the Hon. Her bert; "as the prince cleared out w ith out squandering her money at cards I'll forgive him his sins and even speak respectfully of his memory. Now tell me where to find my Aunt Margaret, the Princess Droguca, Purely I must have inherited some of those fascina ting powers you and I'nclo (ieorge seemed to havo possessed in conininn; I will try them on her. 1 will be h'ltnble, dutiful, the most exemplary of nephews, 1 will carry her prayer book to church and nuisu Iht poodle. Most elderly ladies have imam mono mania or other. I will ili .niver hers and Iced it. You will hardly know me if you should see meat her side, so full of humanity and decorum shall I be." I,;idy Chctwynd smile I and sighed at once. "I have no i lea what she is like now," she said, "it is a long tunii since 1 liuve an it hi'r many a long year--never since (icorgc died, in fact. Mo was not pious then; perhaps she is now. You will find her at the flair villc. at Seagate." "I've heard of that establishment," said tlm Hon. Herbert thoughtfully; "a ijiiecr place for an elderly lady. However, I dare say she knows im better, liive hid a liiv of introduc limi to Iht. and I'll run down at unci I shan't mind going to S 'agate just now; it's superb weather, and lot' of people there." I.'t ly fhetwynd, looking thoughtful ;is she did so, wrote a very brief note and handed it to her son, who started oil' immediately, lie was in such an cM-ce iiligly ' tight place" ju-t now llial he would have gone a much longer journey, at equally short notice, if thereby he might discover an elderly aunt itli inoncv. Seagate was looking glorious; and j thegayi ty of the place and people, the 1 freshness of the air, and the brilliant ; coloring of the sea and sky, made the lion. Herbert feel crv "voung and ,,. j.rlj) 'n ' He res lived to lunch at a restaurant, take a turn on the prom enade and smoke a cigar on the pier before going to the Clairvillc. Ho fancied that he would then be refreshed, and so better able to enli r thoroughly into tin-role of diii itul nephew which he pro.o-eil to play. lie luni hoi well, lit his cigar, and stalled in search uf hall' an hour's rec reation. II" did not go far before he found what lie was in search of; he met w.th a la ly so surprising to In k ill that the mere sight of l.er recreated him. lie proceeded to stare steadily at her and liitakeimteof all lu r"puinls" carefully. She was a little cre.it lire, well formed, with pretty fret and hands: the feel chid in woiidr .n-: high heeled (bunts that were very high, but did not meet at all in fij'iil; the laci ig dis. played crimson openworked stockings. The. little figure, w ap w aisted, was dressed ill th" mo-,1 et ra a ,':int of Trench cle rks - the sort of costume devised bv the Parisian intellect for I'.lli'lisll Women vvlio nr.. "fn'iil i.l'i ,1,.,.'. A 1);S -mi li-tl and fri.'cd I...;,. ,,. i i . ... i. .- , . .... mill tilt lit i.ii ,1 siii iii i, ire uii-n 11 .l.-s adiniliil.ly well painted; only the usual ; mistake was in;; le the thing w as overdone, and thus the possibility of deception destroyed. The lady's hat and parasol each deserve a page of de s. r.pt'on, they were so surprising. The w hoi" thing astonished and delighted the Hon. Herbert. This young gentle man hud :i good deal of the "knight of the pavement" in him; if a pretty gir' gave him a glance of encouragement he was eapublo of walking after her quite a mile i . the hope of adventure. The lady he now saw before him had "encouragement" writ in largo charac ters all over her.thiiiiks to her costume, and her plaintive blue eyes repeated the word. She stood, unite alone, bv she never smiled, hut said the most spicy and piquant tliine.s in a small, high-pitched voice, looking straight at him the while. Herbert know very well how to look admiration, and he found that she understood the look perfectly, but also that she appreciated a little more open llattory. This made it very plain sailing and Herbert found himself much less bored than usual during a flirtation. The little lady being so excessively pronounced it was iiiilieult to feel bored until one had seen all her extravagances. At lust he rose. "1 must go," lie suid; "it is hunt, but I must. Do you couie on the pier in 'he evening?" "Yes," she answered immediately . "about 10 o'clock. ' "Then I shall stay in Seagate till to. Trrriiiie .tioiiniitv iiuuim ihr u miniirn morrow," said Herbert gallantly, and ..I'loitrni or the mii, left her. I "I lur $2it,tMli),0il0 has I n spent in Then, assuming a business-like man- stablishing homes fur the engineer,, tier, he walked oil' to the f lairville, and workiiigiucn along the route of the meditating nil the way on the mode in Panama Ship (.'una!," said Captain which lie should address his aunt , .lames Whitbank. who has been for Alter I liming t!ie matter oxer and nvei more than a year cngijed in dredging in his mind he resolve I to trust to the operations on the canal, an I who has inspiration of the moment, and to fo!. relumed home after a lough tussle low her lead very carefully till hi i wit h the dreaded swamp l'ecr. knew liow to liiiinur her. j "pi,.,y of money there, then, Cap On his way a hired carriage passei, tain?" him; in it sat t!n-little lady wlr.m hi-1 "Oh, plenty. There is only one fully intended to meet, upon tint piei ; tiling inoro common than rash, and to-night. Sim gave him a glance from j that is death. M"n die. Ipse the leaves under her wonderful parasol; Mich t , in autumn. Only the Italians appear look -seductive, full of invitation. j to live. The ilea 1 arc dispoed of wilh- "I believe she is as old as the hilh," ' "'it ceremony. A shallow grave, no relied ed Herbert; but she is uiiirvell- l'r.iyers, and all is in a moment, forgot -"iisly made up, and very funny. Whal t"'. There are now i : men at a citasirophe if he should live at tlif j work on the canal, mostly negroes flairvillo!'' from Jamaica and the Preach West lie arrived at tlm hotel a lino i indies. These negroes are brought limn ', slanding in pretty grounds, and vcr in droves as fast a-, t lime at work tctiii'ilcd principiilly by people wlif i ''i1, and 1 vent lire to s iv lliilt not t wo lived on pension; people who sci inei! to have no homes of I heir own am- where; wh i were eei edingly sociable ami very merry. On the broad terrain :i ii ii in lxr of people were talking ain1 laughing; ilm hour of afternoon tci hiid brought them to the house. r the midst of a .small crowd of gentle men stood the lit I le la ly; ev id. lit ly slu was a favorite. Herbert ipiickly passed the group, 1. inking the olliei way the while, lie entered the hall and, finding a waiter, asked for tin Prinetss liroguc.i. He was shown in to a small drawing room. Two minutes luler the little ladv came in and looked at him w ith hoiih suipris'. "You have asked for im;?'' she sitid; "you know my name!" The awful truth Mashed upon him. Pur one vv ild moment he thought ol sinking his identity of escaping with out telling her who he was. l!ut lit had not time to think it out - he wa coniiM'il, slammered something and then, in despair, handed her lib mother's note, she opened il deliber ately, r. a I it at a glance, and threw il carelessly on a table. He lam ied hi doom was sealed; took up his hal ain: prepared to go. P.ut he felt he owei! it t i himself to apiil.igie; he did so, profusely. Slic iut iTriijitfil him with her slight siirill voice, looking straight at bin with those plaintive blue eyes, wliic! were so full ol candid tiling, r for a I miration. "What are ynil apologizing so mud fury" she said. "It is the first i-mn plimciit your family has ever paid me' Come into the other room; 1 musl have some tea." she put her hand on his arm and le I him avviiv. Fur the first time in hi lil'., II. .1 1 ..I .. 1... .. !..! i. say vei or what to do. Hut at last he sue I in taking h r cue; it seemed f mm v i to llirt wilh one'siiiinl, bid he did it. And she paid his debts. Probably she will leave him her money.- I.ku "it An llislm iciil Clicss Table. Ooorge Yuink rhill. the litevury inciii her of the family, is the owner of the choss-tulip! and chiss-iueii that former ly belonged to Napoleon I., and which lie used during his exile at St. Helena. .Not only this, but (here is even moreol a ghastly interest attached to this sou- j venir. It was standing by the tubh when the phvsiciuus wore muking tln ii post-iiior!cm examination of the dead ' emperor, and when tln-v took out the heart thev nulled mien one of thp drawtrs of this little table and laid tin j If s"l-h 11 le:iudion as that wore ac heart upon it, and to-day one may set . cepted most of us could easily bo con the deep stains of the hi 1 .m the in- I victed of needless oxl ravuganoe. A side of the drawer. This relic be . ! glunoe at t ho oare rs of a few of the longed to Mr. Molluiry. of railmae ' tuonuuieiital prodigals of the world celebrity, before it i ame into (ieorgt : be found to be of interest. Yainh r'bilt's possession, and the New A history of the spendthrifts of York correspondent of the 1'iiilVaIi; 1 ;m i'nt i;m.' ul.l fill a volume of ( ommt .( tells how the latter .Sl gootl sio an 1 unique chiirni. Apicius, cured it: i f russus, Probus, Claudius, Nero, Vitcl- Young Vandeibilt. who was a fre-1 lias nnd Culiguhi all squandered vast qiieiit visitor ;it Mr. Mi'Hctiry's hoiisf : sums on the most trilling object in London, used to look at this tablt -. Apicius spent -1 . " on his palate, vv ith longing eyes and often expressed cast up his accounts, and, discovering his envy of its possession. So Mr. Mo- that ho had only liU.HtM left, iinine Iletiry, who was fond of the young diatcly hanged himself to avoid the man, determined one day to send it ' privations of threatening poverty, over here to him as ;i surprise. In the Flagabalus regaled the attendants of meantime ho tnei a frirnd of the Van- his palace on the bruins of pheasants, derbilt tumily, who to'd him that In; the tongues of thrushes, and tho eggs hiid been aiithorietl by W illiam H. tu of partridges. At his own meals the offer him $ll,0i.H) for that choss-tuMi: ; peas were sprinkled with grains of gold, j to present to (icorgeon his twenty lirst pearls were scattered in dishes of rice. birthday. "Keep your sfl'i.tMiti," suid and the costliest ain.icr was used to Mr. Mclli nry, "1 have no use for it. ; render palatable a dish of brans, j The tall' is already on its way to f russus made u grt a! banquet for the! ( icorgc, and w ill re.u h him on his birth- populace during his candidacy for the I day," which it did, to his great delight. ' mlico of Consul, at which ten thousand ! On the same day. by the way, Willium tuhles were heaped with luxuries.! H. said to Mr. Mellctiry: 'T have just Kven this wis surpassed by Casir, who, ; paid over to (leorge two millions and a ut the funeral lea -I on the occasion of ; half dollars as his port ion of his grand- his daughter's death, spreal twenty -father's will. 'I he boy must take cure i t wo thousand tabh-s, accommodating of himself now." Which I think he ran ' three guests a! each. Tiberius, bit1' do very readily on his income. I Cleopatra, gulped down precious stones j THE IMS AM A CANAL. ! third of tin; 1 ."i.iit mi liborcis now at i w ork vv ill be alive war from now. n's dreadful. Five thousand died during the past three months; but the large pay tempts men t brav o all the danger. The company appears to have an unlimited supply of noiiey, and pays off every two weeks." "What progress has been made in the four years y" "Well, two miles anu a half of the canal proper has been lug out. Origi nally this section wu- dredged to a depth of foiiitecu feet, but is now only six feet deep, the soft swamp lands pressed down by the w.-ighl d' thediit thrown out on either side tilling in the canal from iinderneat It. Aureal deal uf work has. however, been done with the great steam shovels in levelling the high lands through which tin1 i anal is to pass, and dredging will soon be started in those set (ions. Work is now progressing upon the only large mountain which bars the way of the ana! from ocean to ocean. This mountain is mi f.-et high and tune miles in circumference, and is to be cut down willi steam ploughs and carted away. The company has 1 n com polled to spen I i.ii ii i.i i' 1 1, as I said to locate limucs through the swamps from which as a basis the work of dig ging nut (he canal can be carried on. This work necessi:aied the building of rai'.ina I branches into the swamps and Hie making of solid f.'iin la' ion i with .stone an I gravi 1, lion Ire Is of feet wide an 1 miles in e(ent. Laborers gel s i a d.iy.and skilled me. huaics an. I bosses from ol' to ;Ti" :i month." "Will the canal ever !.' finish. -dy" "Not, I think, unless the swamp sections are c msl ructe-l with idling, and that would cost so large an amount of money that tic sclci mild not possibly pay, P.ut the c nunan;.' ap" pears t-i have all the cadi neee.,.sary to carry on the work.' I'hil-t. !.!,), Famous Spiulflirifls of tiii'lent Tiint'i Pasha Loringsu s in t he it'inhu'lur Mitjitim: Prodigals have been con lined to no hind or age. As long us the wealth of the world continues to be unequally distributed, so Imur, pml a My. shall we have spend thrifts. old Adam Smith tolls (hat the 'iion ssai los of life" include only (lin e coiiimi'dit ies that arc indispeu .able t i our healthful supp irt, ami tlune things the lack of which, mining creditable pp.ipl- of even the lower class, is rendcre 1 hid i- lit by the custom of th .immunity. All other things h declares to be luxuries mixed (after being crushed) in w inw and liu heaped the plates of favorite guests willi gold and jewels, which they carried away. It was Tiberius Wlio cuu-o.l to be built boats of cedar, covered Willi gold and precious .stoii'-s, and large enough to admit of their being turned into flouting gardens, in which were planted Mowers, vines and fruit lies. Hut it is to N'ero, of whom it lias been -aid that "there was not ii vice to which he was not given, nor a crime w hich he did n 't commit," that tlm prize of senseless prodigality must bu awarded. In the simple recreation of fishing he used lines of purple silk and hooks of gold. Ilis liara was estimat ed to be worth two and a half millions of dollars, and he never wore the same cost nine t w iee. When on a progress through his dominions, li.c hundred asses follow i'd in his trail to supply milk for the daily bill h of himself and his wife, Popp.i-a. Christ iiinily gradually displaced (lie fashions of heathenism, and a dehiLie of bai bari-m ov erllow cd Italian civiliza tion. Theneef.irwiir I, for a longtime, th" etrav.ig.in e pcndil are of great forluties Wiis cotuine I to the Fa-leni empire, wh ise capit il was the city of Const itnl inc. Imitation-; of Cnslly Leather. The custom of currying lunch reti cules, money purses, and traveling bags of leather has made an increased de mand for the le.lt her fl'olil l il 10 illlilllills, or lor leather of attractive appearance. As the ii il ural supply of alligator and t tie grout python or boa skins is not sullicicnt to keep up with the demand, these skins or the leathers from them are imitated very largely by u-ing flu leal her of commoner and cheaper skins. Kven seal leather, goal leather, and kid leal her, or luoi oeco, are imitated. The siiif.n e nf alligator lout her consists ol almost exact reel angles or squares, separated by d -op furrows, thesqiinre grudually diminishing in size as fhey recede from the center ol'theskin. 'flu boa leather is in diniuntt.l shaped patches es, forming a line network, and is very ologii'.if, the division lines being very line. Seaiskiu leather is a diapered oi itrabosouo pat'ern of irregular di v is ions raised and depressed. Coat leather is crossed in regular lines at acute angles, forming minute i ungated diamonds. As some of those leathers are tor costly to be furnished at low pricest'nt million who desire the best, but cannot always afford the cost, are supplied bv fair iuiitiit ions.w hieh are not usdurabU us t'.ie genuine, serving in purl, the pur poses of the costly leathers. Thcsi imitations are made by the aid of phi' tography. A gi iiuine.seahalligator.boa or other costly skin is phot igruphod then printed on sensitive gelatine tin parts not acted upon by light diss -lvcc out in water, and a cast or an eitetri type plate then made in copper or type metal, as pra liced in the i'i prod not im of ctigruv ings, and then the inelal pluti and the smooth lea' her of sumo ilmucs tic animal are passed between roller under pressure, and the ligure on tlir plate is pcrjuaneiitly fixed on tin leather by great pressure. At.y ol those leathers may be stuined, colored or dyed to any tint desired; but plan black or the color left by tiio tanning i generally preferred. The (Jiiine of Muildes. I have often w oiideieil Imw that l:i vnrite g.uiio of the small hoy, marble-, came into Vogue, bill never found mis until it reeeiil Visit to liiruiinghaiu, where I cuiue a toss an old antiquary I w ho enlighten I in II - sai l that a ! century ago it was a popular amuse ineiit with staid and professional ui.-n, who used to assemble ill the niarbh "alleys" or alcoves connected with tin inns of the town, to pass an hour of t wo in this amusement. Think of it, boys! (iruy old men, genuine grand lathers, would hung their corked huts on oaken pegs, and taking from pri vate hooks (heir own particular knee caps of stoutly-lined leather go plump upon their knees itud deep in the de lights of "alley toss" and "01111111011 eys" and familiar cry of "kniiekol down." A few of these alcoves are still in existence in connection with ancient iiostelries. l imiiiunti I'n 7 ui in: lUsinuriVs itesl Meilul. Prince llismnrck is represented us often saying, of all his deconit ions that upon vvhiih he sets most value is II mi ilul he received from a Immune society for rescuing u drowning sol dier. Ilis method of rescue, as we see it rclutcd, vv us cni'iiently characteris tic of the man. The soldier clung to him in such a litanner as in endanger both their lives. I'.istnaivk. being the stronger of the two. In Id the terrified man's head under viator mil 1 1 ho ceased t" st niggle, and t lieu sw am w ith him ; shallow wider, from which ho con vex ed hiin to the shore. : auo.m; tiii: Mexicans. A ii A im l It hit 'h ; in i i'-t,i -in t mil TVf iuMl" Itill's iic.'.i-N I v. Klti 4. . 'itlltlr. ! In a loll a- from the i ily M,-x im to (;-.' Detroit '-.-.' a id Till Uf, W. A. Cioiiut .ays: 'At I'rog'esi we lil'st tn icile l M.-siein mi 1 ,'Mld lirs! .-ilVV the strange v eg.-t at ion. customs and costumes of the coni in. -it id tropics. The palm, the mango, and the cactus grow herein grout !uurianee,.re:iking the force of the hot sun that heats up the almost iinproteeied town. The houses, like t ho e of Meridu, IM miles inland, are of pebble-stones or shell covered wiih mortar and heavily thatched with palm leaves, and the ; hut s or cabins, which are ;i grout ma jority of th" re-idi tics of both place;, are built of ree ls or cane, Very light and airy, ind I. 1 There is not a chimney in Yucatan, or any v hern in Mexico, as far as I have seen, and their absence gives an odd aspect to the architect lire, like that of Arabian towns. No house has a fireplace or a stove, for it is never cold, but the kitchen is equipped w ith a sort nf ungionly brick or stone range l'l or l-'i feet long, having holes for pots and kettles, m which charcoal is burned. The flames escape by the open doors and windows. Charcoal is the fuel of Mexico--almost the only fuel except in the northern states. It is packed to the cities, some! imes hun dreds of mill", by grotesque little doti keys ( burros'), w ho carry loads b ur limes their size, or by the porters of tlie country, who will tote on mi uvei -age I.VI pounds apiece miles il day. The p 'ones i proteinic'!' I like our . w ell known gn-.l n Mower i dress in I V ii-'.il .in as ( hey il . in this city and all surr-'un I. tig Mexico in t vv i c.ti.'ii 1 carmen's tint huv" once been w hite, 'the upp'-r garni "it - for b"th sexes being ii shirt and the ii"iher garment i being dra i i-r for i 1 an I n-kirl ''or ivvom.'U. fh "o deg"U"ia'" thro'ivdi 'cv. ry ,1 gi-. f color u.i I t--xt-:'e l . 'the I'oV; Ul'o'i ; r.'l ! of tin' t -l I "Tb'. ! icii'i-"! ; that in'ia'' I y I m l. IV- Ipp.l!'"!. I. lore iti'cla-s of n.e' ,.,!y else V ill le b'. Hil s t ! w oi :t r -1 . I ween l he I.. -1, and a Id iiii'ueii -e st raw large 1 riniined and polite pe one he , fo;- when v.m In ik itt ler.illv rein 'V i s his hat niiiiblv irritut-s his s. alp quid with ling 'I--. t'l's m i'i -ildv I (hev a's 1 iii.'i'l'i.'ni t'os nr. st 1 rit I xxh.-ii tliey are u-'t obs.-rx ol. bu! no body has been ,ib!" to I'm I nut.. j All cl,ls-es w 'el .ire exp -so I to the I chill of night or :h mid lay sun have ' mo protective wrap, known gen rally is the .'Tape for men and th" rehosa for vvo!n.-:i. The former is a large w -ilcu I I in' 1 1. the la'ier a t.:i ' shawl. Th- rob s 1 is drown oxer the head and wound ar nr. I the neck; the .' Tap i-i worn like theoape of ' Castile, an I nearly like th- Ihunun toga; it is drawn uh cat th" body once I ar twice, an 1 tin c.c.'P.er is fung with : light dexterity over the left shoulder. 1 where it sticks through ex cry jar and jostle as if it wore fastened by a phan- , torn buit.-n. These xx '1 a pi rise through nil grades of e o cllonoo, and arc often ; ma le of silk or the finest wool. All tropical birds delight in high color-: so In those Indians. M .liattoes. Meliocs ; ind exotie paniards. and their attire, ' is of all cmib n. i'i ms of rod u rl gro-n mid blue and veilow. 1 saw this i morning a ihilti ring gang of convicts uo 1111 the street to work, led by a j soldier with ii revolver in his hand nnd follow. si closely by two more. Their clot lies were of all degrees of picturesque piitchxvoik.but one rugged pair nf yellowish t musei s sente 1 with hlue in the form of a heart, and worn xvith jiiunlv grace, giixo an air of , ' , , .1 ... 1 nonsive bouiitv to the entire out lit. Some Lost Poems of Whittier. Many poems throw n off at odd mo j ,'ablo's fondness for children is pro uients, nnd of which the author v irl)jat , and In' a ooepted .In (he course ihoiight s.i slightlv that he inrluded Ihem in no collection, are now lost. Among I hose are "Isabella of Austria," written when he was but I wenly, ami suid to have hud ii grand nug to it; "Palo Alto." which, assuming to be the translation of a Mexican lament beginning wilh the words. "Kin P.ravo' Pin Hravn!" never did appear under his name; "Fmliiar," a ropy nf whi. h 1 revolutionary goner il cntiiniuuding in YrlH'Ziiela has lately requestod id die author; and a poem oil lletiix May which has had some singiihn fortunes, having been metumerphos In a AYesteru paper in an address to Mr. Kenton, and again read, on the xrasion of n publir welcome in Yiek-( Purg given Sergpunt Prentiss, as tin effort of an admiring Southern poet, ind still later appearing in the shape ( an apostUrope to Smith the Mormon. JJuipi '. yfrignzhw. First Steps. HiihIi tin- liiibv stnnils nliilio II..:. I your In I :i 1 1 1 liml tvnlell lli'l ; .Nntt olio Inkos n Mi' - jii-1 one W iners. sl-.. iuii k, i-'ili-li lier' (iiilllle' I. ill 's lilsl rli i III I'llht ; Now n.'iin she's Iryin' I Inc. Itt.i lill.-e! rile nik, llllimst, 'I'n nib iinx- eluiiililiii'. !'. 'lift- ( inc. to, I In-.-. I ih! slii! il' .ilk X in-. In l'..:e v l-ln.it it : lli-iir In-l- stv.'i-l viii.'i'.l I'mIh -tnlk, l.illle bird, or p. 1 1 ' J'l-.llllillg. Ii. hllill.4. llli'iv -In- M--ppinc oil .-" pi-..-i'!iy -Turning in Iht unliiu ;lil (no-, rlensc.l llien l:inj;liing lnll.lly. 'Jll.-rr. lies l,;,l,y on llie ll.if. '. Splint linj, rnlbn', s,.reMiiiini;, Are lile's Jir.-il lillellipls -.. pool .' Ili.l.y w.-is lnil lr i.init.;; VV li.-n -In- le!i s,, l,.,l l . -irony: I . I.i. I It .on- -h.-'s rbteriii. ).. Ill Miles, ll.inu si.n II .. k I.i r -mil.- i - I.i ii.i'i. Ili-nlls n.i t-'l I t innllllnll's 1. 1 -A It.iive ng.l.'ll .'I- t el . Sre. t!.e lu.-!,t Iff 1 1 - - tlli-s Makes her I t .ll.lltlV.ir: V:.!,s ii.-l:i ..il '-il,.. .lailini! pot 1,'ii-b ni-it I in---- In-l ! t t'.h .1 will ol le -I sti-ps tel. aii g.. i.i mi-. ' -1 io-s i,.-r lUiZitl-rlh (' h'li.mi. in SI. rViihnhi III MUK0I S. tioiiig to seed - The funnor. liteinul hiinging is the iii ize of vigi- lilllts. A sleepy head is niton possessed of II Hod i'b a. A man with a head the shape and color of a calf's is now on exhibition in Paris. I . is doubtless 1 he original Why is it that wlu n a man sits on paint the paint and his f ion sers are nev it the same color y Hens may be a little' backward on eggs, but thev in v or fail to come to tho .scratch whore ilowcr-beds are concern- r j A man in Texas raises goats for ! their Ih'sh. le t when tho festive rrout j iiros grow up they raise him just for I the inn of the thing. I j A milkman who imagined that ho 1 was unobserved was seen recently i patting a pump on the bads in a most, j affectionate manner. J A piece of hope has been found in a ,'',, ' . . .pound of Philadelphia butter. The .am4 ol tlie men ; 1 1 . . , , ,..i.,.: m in who can sell bone at the price of t hiiiibl"'. tor hat s. i 1 .... .. ! butler has a bonanza. i'uiv. 1 nev are I Young wife :"l. iir, why are you eating so iniieh more of my cuke than j -ial to-night y Is it nicer than it i xv.is last nighty" Young husband: '1 my darling 1 well, to ti ll you thelruth. I bet 'foozle '."i thill I weighed more than he did, and We wore going 1I.1W II to the s'. Me to settle it to-night. "Where are you going. Finest V" she asked him us ho rose bet xv eon the nefs at the theater, one evening last week, lie: "I promised t,, nc'et Simpson when the cm tain fell." she : "Can't you bring me a glass of Simpson, too, darling '.-" Kriiest coughs and tries to siuile : the'i sits down again, and looks liiscontctitod for t ho rest of the even ing. ( ince upon ii time a traveller arrived at a hotel and foil,,-! the rooms en gaged. Here was a sad case. P.ut his ready wit did not desert him. He w a Iked into the gent lemon's room, and I standing in the middle of the iloor, I said : lent lemon, I am happy to .see so many of you here to night. I am a book agent, ami I want toshow you - ' Picforo he could utter another word' (he whole company had taken to Iho w oods, ai.d he had his choice of apart- ineiit iHoainl a Half Were (Jills. lieorgo V. Cable, the Ne.v Orleans novelist, ,-aii make a good Suuihiy si hool adilre- aS V. as w rite clever stories and erai k April fool jokes, say.si the 7'" 'ev. Accompanied by llns- - 11 .11 Si.oili ..r 1 1,.. 1 :,.i,,, ,, r ,.,.,.. ,1,,., ' "h""" t he spent u Siindiix xx ith friends in Mon- 1 son. attended the Congregational j church and was invited to falk to the j Sundiiv school in the afternoon. Mr. if his remarks he raised his hand, ex panded the digits and said; "I have s many children at home. How many is that y" "Five," piped up a young ster promptly. "Ami half of them are girls." continued the speaker, staggcr ng his audience vv ith his apparently cckliss disregard of truth. "How .inch ishalf of live?" asked Mr. fa. le "Two and a half," reproachfully oplied a little miss in the front pew. i i s." siiid the novelist with a benig- ant smile as he saw that his repnta ii ni for veracity was fnst slipping way, "two and a half of them are jirls and the other two and a half, too livooirls" -oh." gasped the little ms wih a i)ik , ,.,,,;,,, (, then ipple of laughter bubbled up from th .01 nor here tl birds-nest" class sat' In ifed over the backs of tho pews, limbed into the gallery and died away n the orgun loft.